Re: New 31r1 install on G4 fails on reboot

2006-01-14 Thread Rogério Brito
On Jan 14 2006, David Ormand wrote: > Ah! typing "linux -video=ofonly" did the trick! > > Now I've got to figure out how to make that a permanent option > (with LILO on x86, I know how, but macs?) You'd want to check yaboot's man page for that. Reading about ybin would be nice. But much nicer wo

Re: New 31r1 install on G4 fails on reboot

2006-01-14 Thread David Ormand
Triverio M. wrote: Looks like 31r1 includes 2.6.8. I have 2.6.8 on my PowerBook G4 and it works fine so probably it's a different problem. (I also have Ubuntu 5.04 with kernel 2.6.10 and it works fine too) I'm not an expert but you may try to boot from your cd and, when asked, digit insta

Re: Install mini-iso and kernel available for new AlBook

2006-01-14 Thread Mich Lanners
Hi list, Humbly quoting my little self: On 12 Jan, this message from me, myself an I echoed through cyberspace: > I have built a custom kernel that includes the two patches needed to > support the post-October Powerbooks (namely trackpad updates and > fn-key patch, although that one is still hea

Re: Files for BootX

2006-01-14 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 08:15:42PM -0500, Chris Fisichella wrote: > Gentlemen, > > Thank you very much for clearing up the file naming issue for me. Using > vmlinux and initrd.gz is definitely the way to go. I certainly feel > indebted to you all. Perhaps I could help update the fine Debian > P

Re: Linux on new AlBook

2006-01-14 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Sat, 2006-01-14 at 23:41 +0100, Mich Lanners wrote: [...] > As far as Linux support is concerned, here a quick rundown: > > - PC Cards: supported > - USB: untested, but should be supported I just got my first Mac which is the AlBook, and since I find that the trackpad is having some problems (

Re: Linux on new AlBook

2006-01-14 Thread Mich Lanners
On 13 Jan, this message from Rogério Brito echoed through cyberspace: > Hi, Mich. Hello :-) > On Jan 12 2006, Mich Lanners wrote: > Can you tell us how does this machine works? I refrained from ordering > one of these things (they cost quite a lot here) when I first heard > the rumors that the P

Re: New 31r1 install on G4 fails on reboot

2006-01-14 Thread Triverio M.
Looks like 31r1 includes 2.6.8. I have 2.6.8 on my PowerBook G4 and it works fine so probably it's a different problem. (I also have Ubuntu 5.04 with kernel 2.6.10 and it works fine too) I'm not an expert but you may try to boot from your cd and, when asked, digit install video=ofonly. I wa

Re: New 31r1 install on G4 fails on reboot

2006-01-14 Thread DAVID L. ORMAND
>What kernel do you have? >This is similar to the problem I have with my PowerBook G4 when I >install kernel 2.6.12 or 2.6.14; this should be fixed in 2.6.15 but I >still have to try this new kernel. >HTH, > >Marco. Looks like 31r1 includes 2.6.8. >PS: I just installed an older version of Sarg

Re: New 31r1 install on G4 fails on reboot

2006-01-14 Thread Triverio M.
What kernel do you have? This is similar to the problem I have with my PowerBook G4 when I install kernel 2.6.12 or 2.6.14; this should be fixed in 2.6.15 but I still have to try this new kernel. HTH, Marco. PS: I just installed an older version of Sarge, I think it was the Sarge Stable 3

Re: DRI not working with libgl1-mesa-dri (r300)

2006-01-14 Thread Ruben
At Fri, 13 Jan 2006 02:47:52 +0100, Ruben wrote: > > At Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:58:54 +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ dmesg | grep drm > > > [drm] Initialized drm 1.0.0 20040925 > > > > There should be some output from the radeon module here. Please post the > > kernel o

Re: Installing debian on a new PowerBook G4

2006-01-14 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Sat, 2006-01-14 at 08:43 +0100, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: > Steven Rostedt wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I've just received a new PowerBook G4 15" from Terra Soft Solutions, but > > since they were currently having trouble getting YDL on it, they sent it > > to me ahead of time and will send me the

Re: 2.6.14 and m3mirror broken

2006-01-14 Thread Peter Plessas
Hi List, still having the same problem i posted about two months ago, i would like to know if something has changed regarding the kernel's behavior about screen cloning with m3mirror under 2.6.14? original message: http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2005/12/msg00247.html regards, Peter

Re: PowerBook 12 (Go5000) and X Window System 6.8.2

2006-01-14 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 the mental interface of Triverio M. told: > Hello everybody, > I have just apt-get dist-upgrade my Debian Sarge, but I can't start the > Window > Server. > I have a PowerBook6,8 - 12inches - G4 1,5ghz - nvidia FX Go5200 64 Mb. > I don't know if this is related to Elimar

#345914 xserver-xorg: provoked a coredump and a trace

2006-01-14 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
Package: xserver-xorg Version: 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 Followup-For: Bug #345914 To get more infos at the freezes I caught an idea from the debian-powerpc list (Jesus Climent): running X -config gives: *** Xorg.6.9.0-2.errorlog X Window System Version 6.9.0 (Debian 6.9.0.dfsg.1-2 20060106171740 [EMAI